Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Appendix 4: Adaptive Skills Checklist
Name:________________________Date of Birth: ________________________
School:________________________Grade:________________________

Attentional AbilitiesMostlySometimesNever
Completes classroom assignments during class time_____________________
Prepares for assigned activities (test, quiz, reading assignment)_____________________
Uses age appropriate organizational skills_____________________
Is able to give specific details when asked for an explanation or description_____________________
Understands nonverbal cues_____________________
Follows the course of a conversation_____________________
Follows directions from teachers and other school personnel_____________________
Thinks before acting_____________________
Knows how and when to initiate appropriate actions_____________________
Responds appropriately to the stimulation of the classroom_____________________
Able to stay on topic during a discussion_____________________
Can self-regulate behaviour in a classroom setting_____________________


Cause/Effect Linking_____________________
Demonstrates concern about classroom performance_____________________
Demonstrates age-appropriate ability to take another’s point of view_____________________
Can articulate the implications of an action before undertaking it_____________________
Understands consequences and what they are for_____________________
Is able to change behaviour as result of consequences_____________________
Is able to generalize from the behaviour in one setting to the same or similar behaviour in another setting_____________________


Social SkillsMostlySometimesNever
Follows the school’s rules_____________________
Follows the classroom’s rules_____________________
Demonstrates age-appropriate self-control_____________________
Exercises good judgment in decision-making and behaviour_____________________
Can take responsibility for actions_____________________
Is able to wait for a turn to speak or to do something_____________________
Is able to share possessions or materials appropriately_____________________
Able to make and keep friendships_____________________
Normally associates with age-appropriate peers_____________________
Responds appropriately to redirection in an academic situation_____________________
Responds appropriately to redirection in a social situation_____________________
Demonstrates appropriate emotional response to a given situation_____________________


Personal Skills _____________________
Interacts appropriately with the teacher on an instructional level_____________________
Reacts appropriately to praise and recognition_____________________
Reacts appropriately to constructive criticism_____________________
Responds appropriately to environmental cues_____________________
Takes responsibility for own actions_____________________
Adapts to increases in noise and stress_____________________
Appropriately responds to pressure_____________________
Responds appropriately to changes in task or assignment_____________________
Is able to accept changes in established routines_____________________
Adaptable to changes in physical environment, routines, transitions_____________________
Adaptable to changes in emotional environment, routines, transitions_____________________

Comments
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Completed by: ____________________________________________________________________
Relationship to student:____________________________________________________________________
Date:____________________________________________________________________

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